Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is escalating all over the world and has higher morbidities and mortalities in certain vulnerable populations. People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) are a marginalized and stigmatized group with weaker immunity responses, vulnerability to stress, poor health conditions, high-risk behaviors, and lower access to health care services. These conditions put them at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection and its complications. In this paper, an international group of experts on addiction medicine, infectious diseases, and disaster psychiatry explore the possible raised concerns in this issue and provide recommendations to manage the comorbidity of COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).

Farhoudian, A., Baldacchino, A., Clark, N., Gerra, G., Ekhtiari, H., Dom, G., et al. (2020). COVID-19 and substance use disorders: Recommendations to a comprehensive healthcare response. an international society of addiction medicine practice and policy interest group position paper. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 11(2), 133-150 [10.32598/bcn.11.covid19.1].

COVID-19 and substance use disorders: Recommendations to a comprehensive healthcare response. an international society of addiction medicine practice and policy interest group position paper

Carrà, Giuseppe;
2020

Abstract

Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) is escalating all over the world and has higher morbidities and mortalities in certain vulnerable populations. People Who Use Drugs (PWUD) are a marginalized and stigmatized group with weaker immunity responses, vulnerability to stress, poor health conditions, high-risk behaviors, and lower access to health care services. These conditions put them at a higher risk of COVID-19 infection and its complications. In this paper, an international group of experts on addiction medicine, infectious diseases, and disaster psychiatry explore the possible raised concerns in this issue and provide recommendations to manage the comorbidity of COVID-19 and Substance Use Disorder (SUD).
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Addiction medicine; Coronavirus; Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19); Harm reduction; Methadone; Opioid substitution therapy; Pandemic; Policy; Public health; Substance use disorder;
Coronavirus, Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-19), Pandemic, Public health, Substance use disorder, Addiction medicine, Harm reduction, Policy, Methadone, Opioid substitution therapy
English
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2020
11
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133
150
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Farhoudian, A., Baldacchino, A., Clark, N., Gerra, G., Ekhtiari, H., Dom, G., et al. (2020). COVID-19 and substance use disorders: Recommendations to a comprehensive healthcare response. an international society of addiction medicine practice and policy interest group position paper. IRANIAN JOURNAL OF NEUROSCIENCE, 11(2), 133-150 [10.32598/bcn.11.covid19.1].
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